XX List of Illustrations 



OPPOSITE PAOB 



Plate VIII. Parting a heavy winter mulch from over 

 the rows, Michigan. Hill plants of Magoon, Vashon, 

 Washington 115 



Plate IX. Circular dropper used to cut runners from 

 hill plants. Foot-power stapHng machine. (From 

 R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Michigan.) Fruit- 

 ing mulch between rows of hill plants on drainage 

 ridges, Florida. (From Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) 123 



Plate X. Staminate and pistillate blossoms. Unin- 

 jured and frost-killed blossoms 128 



Plate XI. Successive stages in the opening of a Brandy- 

 wine blossom, and the setting of fruit . . . 132 



Plate XII. Nubbins, usually the result of imperfect fer- 

 tilization, sometimes of insect injury .... 137 



Plate XIII. Twenty-four quart Leshe crate of ungraded 

 Arkansas Aromas. Twenty-four pint Hallock crate 

 of well-graded Louisiana Klondikes. Thirty-two quart 

 American ventilated crate of well-graded Missionary 

 from Florida. (All from Farmers' Bulletin 664, U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture.) 146 



Plate XIV. Pony refrigerator used in Florida. (From 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) 

 Chest of drawers or sUdes, used in CaUfornia. Re- 

 turn trays used in southern Cahfornia . . . 150 



Plate XV. Overhead carrier, used in the Los Angeles dis- 

 trict, California 163 



Plate XVI. Packing shed at Norfolk, Virginia. Pack- 

 ing shed at Vashon, Washington. Harvesting scene, 

 Norfolk, Virginia 173 



Plate XVII. Box of three-tier Clarks. (W. J. Davis, N. 

 Yakima, Washington.) Method of stripping crates in 

 ventilator cars. Fancy and No. 1 grades of Florida 

 berries. (From Bulletin 664, U. S. Dept. of Agricul- 

 ture.) 177 



Plate XVIII. Shipping shed of a cooperative associa- 

 tion near Los Angeles, CaUfornia. Small schooner 

 bringing strawberries to the Norfolk, Virginia, dock . 191 



